Eric & Matt catch up on news that happened over the break, including the knighting of Jonathan Ive, Apple’s education event, Target and other retailers, first cell phones, Raspberry Pi, iPad rumors, and much more…
We’ve had pretty good reliability on our site—we’ve only had some downtime due to server upgrades or major relaunches, but we’re shutting things down on Wednesday, January 18 to protest SOPA and PIPA, two bills that are designed to stop Internet piracy (good), but have a lot of other implications, including censorship (bad)…
Earlier this week, there was talk that Target would be adding a dedicated Apple area in a number of its stores, much like Best Buy, and more details emerged today. Reuters is reporting (via MacRumors) that twenty-five Target stores will get dedicated Apple shops, as part of its “the Shops at Target” initiative…
Hinted at last week, Apple will be holding an event in New York City on Thursday, January 19. The event will begin at 10AM Eastern and take place at the Guggenheim Museum…
There were rumors back in December that Apple had acquired Anobit Technologies Ltd., an Israeli flash memory manufacturer, but nothing had been confirmed. Just last month, a site for a a Hebrew-language newspaper, claimed the deal had been finalized. Yesterday, Apple confirmed the acquisition through Bloomberg BusinessWeek…
Although the possible merger with AT&T would have provided a slightly different outcome, it seems that the biggest obstacle for T-Mobile customers who want an iPhone are the network’s frequencies. This has been known for awhile, since any unlocked iPhone will work on T-Mobile, but usually only operate on EDGE speeds. The iPhone may officially come to T-Mobile someday…
It’s been a bit of a discussion topic lately, but many are jumping on the doom and gloom train that Apple is changing because Tim Cook was one of the highest paid CEOs…or was he?
